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A citizen of Armenia Grachya Arutyunyan, accused of committing a major road accident in Podolsk, suffered abuse and humiliation after the accident, said the participants of the action in Yerevan.

The Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya has demanded to restrict access to the video message, posted by the leader of the "Imarat Kavkaz" Doku Umarov, and lodged a respective suit to the Leninsky District Court of Grozny.

The situation in the village of Gimry, Untsukul District of Dagestan, remains calm despite the ongoing counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, local residents report. As stated by the head of the village Aliaskhab Magomedov, the curfew that is still in force in the village was shifted to a later time for the convenience of the believers who observe the Ramadan fasting.

US Senator Lindsey Graham has called to boycott the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014, if Russia grants political asylum to former CIA employee Edward Snowden.

The "Patrioty Rossii" (Patriots of Russia) Party has decided on the candidates for the position of the leader of Dagestan to be submitted for the consideration by the President of the Russian Federation.

The FBI does not allow publishing the results of the autopsy of the body of Ibragim Todashev, a native of Chechnya, who was killed in the United States.

Investigators have combined into a single case two criminal cases against a resident of the Cossack village of Lysogorskaya of the Georgievsk District of the StavropolTerritory, suspected of using slave labour and attempting to bribe.

The Legislative Assembly of the Krasnodar Territory has approved Sergey Myshak, a former staff member of the regional administration, on the position of Ombudsman. In fact, Sergey Myshak has been appointed to the position by the direct resolution of the regional administration. This was stated by Alexei Todorenko, the leader of the public organization "For Krasnodar!"

A rally against illegal construction held in Khosta was attended by about 120 persons. Participants of the protest action demanded to stop unauthorized construction, to stop destruction of parks and playgrounds.

Investigators conducting investigation into the murder of teacher Abusupyan Omarov in Dagestan do not rule out involvement of members of illegal armed formations (IAFs) in the murder.

To date, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia has received 11 applications for participation in the upcoming presidential election. Two applicants have been denied registration because of revealed incorrect documents.

The authorities of Dagestan have negated the dialogue between religious movements and focused on the methods of solving the problems by force, the participants of the roundtable on the topic: "Contours of New Policy in Dagestan Early Successes and Dangerous Trends", held on July 16 inMoscow, have concluded.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has started its communication with the Government of Azerbaijan on the complaint lodged by Emin Guseinov, the director of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), in connection with his beating at the police station in June 2008.

At least 82 persons suffered in the course of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus in June 2013; of them 39 persons were killed and 43 more were wounded. These are the results of the calculations made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

A 16-year-old native of Chechnya, detained on suspicion of murdering Ruslan Marzhanov, a soldier in the city of Pugachov of the Saratov Region, has confessed. This was reported by the advocate, representing interests of the mother of the victim.

Last night, a primary school teacher was shot and killed at his house located in the Tsumada District of Dagestan. This was reported by law enforcement bodies of the republic.

Four court-appointed lawyers of Johar Tsarnaev, accused of committing the terror act in the US city of Boston, ask to add one more expert to their team.

On July 15, the District Court of Baku sentenced Ulvi Gasanli, Medjid Mardjanly, and Kenan Gasymly, activists of youth organizations, to 15 days of administrative arrest. The young people were found guilty of disobeying the police. An advocate of the detainees stated that the Court made the decision without waiting for the arrival of the defender.

On July 15, Paris and Saint Petersburg held actions to pay tribute to the memory of Natalia Estemirova, and participants of the actions demanded that the Russian authorities should take immediate steps to solve the murder of the human rights activist.

The visiting meeting of residents of the temporary accommodation centre (TAC) "Promzhilbaza" with representatives of the Ombudsman's Office scheduled for July 15 in Ingushetia was disrupted. Staff members of the Ombudsman's Office did not obtain the answers to all questions directed by them to the authorities on the complaints received from the residents of the "Promzhilbaza".